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Henley-on-Thames

Henley-on-Thames is a town in Berkshire, England, with a population of around 11,494. It has around 3 GPs & clinics, 3 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, and 43 restaurants & cafés, with 18 bus stops and Henley-on-Thames railway station 0.4 km away. The average sold house price is around £923,979, and there were around 42 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Henley-on-Thames area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Wokingham area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 177,502 residents at roughly 992 people per km².

Council
Wokingham
County
Berkshire
Constituency
Maidenhead
Police force
Thames Valley
73/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 13th of 294 English council areas — better than 96% of them.

Low crime95
Home affordability25
Affordable rents42
Good schools66
Life expectancy99
Low deprivation100
Employment92
Low council tax33

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

19°CCloudy

  • Today: 22° / 16° · 83% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:25

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

Crime

78 reported · July 2026 8% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences37
  • Criminal damage & arson7
  • Other theft7
  • Shoplifting7

10 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Henley · Thames Valley

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) in Henley Town Centre and Mill Meadows
  • Retail Crime in Henley Town Centre

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

160 reported road collisions (2024)

19 killed or seriously injured · 181 casualties · 9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

124 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 86 rated 4–5 ★ (65 top)
  • 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Henley-on-Thames (0.1 km)
  • 22 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Henley-On-Thames (0.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£498,941 average 3.1% YoY

Across Wokingham · to 2026-06

Detached£772,622
Semi-detached£501,991
Terraced£375,093
Flat£248,729

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,470 average monthly rent 2.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,056
  • 2 bed £1,349
  • 3 bed £1,650

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

10.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.5 times median annual pay (11.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · BP (9.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Asda (11.5 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

24 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 75 kW
  • Nearest: HoT Mill Meadows Car Park 1 (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres7
  • Gyms3
  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches42
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

177,502 residents in Wokingham · 992/km²

  • Under 16: 21%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 316 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,498 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (28% of 75,150)

A £1,665
B £1,943
C £2,220
D £2,498
E £3,053
F £3,608
G £4,163
H £4,995

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

84 schools · 33,224 pupils

54 primary · 9 secondary · 21 other

Ofsted: 22 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

71inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Maiden Erlegh SchoolOutstanding
  • The Holt SchoolOutstanding
  • The Emmbrook SchoolGood
  • The Forest SchoolGood
  • Bohunt School Wokingham
  • Oakbank School
  • St Crispin's School
  • The Bulmershe School
  • Waingels

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wokingham

Care & health services

168 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes45
  • GP practices24
  • Dentists38
  • Homecare agencies50

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Wokingham

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 382 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

269 applications decided

93.7% granted · 252 granted, 17 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Freddie van Mierlo

Liberal Democrat

Henley and Thame

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Lab 5
  • Con 19
  • LD 29
  • Grn 1

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools7
  • GPs & clinics3
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens12
  • Restaurants & cafés44

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,295 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

578 jobs advertised · £36,052 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, National and Key Accounts Manager, On The Go, Care Assistant

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£954 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,259 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

52% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 73,180 certificates

6.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

9% low-carbon electricity

Gas 53% · Imports 38% · Biomass 5% · Wind 4%

238 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 87.3 yrs women · 82.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 69.4 women · 68 men

58% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Henley and Thame:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Henley-on-Thames railway station · 0.1 km

    Henley-on-Thames is a terminal railway station in the town of Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, England. The station is on the Henley Branch Line that links the towns of Henley and Twyford. It is 4 miles 47 chains (7.4…

  • Henley from the Wargrave Road · 0.3 km

    Henley from the Wargrave Road is an oil painting, painted in 1698 by the Flemish artist Jan Siberechts.

  • River and Rowing Museum · 0.3 km

    The River & Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, was on a site at Mill Meadows by the River Thames. It had three main themes represented by major permanent galleries, the non-tidal River Thames, th…

  • Henley-on-Thames · 0.3 km

    Henley-on-Thames is a town and civil parish on the River Thames, in the South Oxfordshire district, in Oxfordshire, England, 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Reading, 7 miles (11 km) west of Maidenhead, 23 miles (37 km) s…

  • Henley Rowing Club · 0.4 km

    Henley Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Thames based on Wargrave Road, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.

  • Mill Meadows, Henley-on-Thames · 0.4 km

    Mill Meadows is part of the flood plain of the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. It is an area of natural beauty close to the town centre of Henley. Marsh Lock.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Henley-on-Thames?
Henley-on-Thames is a town in Berkshire, England, in the Wokingham local authority.
What is the population of Henley-on-Thames?
Henley-on-Thames has an approximate settlement population of 11,494.
How deprived is Henley-on-Thames?
The Wokingham local authority, which includes Henley-on-Thames, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.